Whooop! First batch of print books off to a shop...
A local craft/gift shop attached to a large farm shop complex has asked for a display of my books!
So hubby has made me a very nice stand for them, and off they go today.
I'm hoping the advert pages in the back will draw people to go to look
at the other books I have published as ebooks. I've had people who have
bought ebooks before, ask for them in print, so I'm hoping it goes both
ways.
Here's how they look in their stand.
I've re-designed and updated my Hairy, Scary Spider? page on my website. I think it looks really great now with the option of choosing an ebook or a paperback, as well as lots of reviews from various sites, all in one place! I have scrolling images, paypal symbols and checkout - the lot! If it works I'm going to add the same to all the books. You can take a look at; tothewillowgarden Hairy, Scary Spider?
I use google alerts to tell me if anyone is talking about any of
my books over the internet. This sometimes gives surprising results and
helps with any marketing.
I had an alert for 'Hairy Scary Spider?' today, and though it wasn't as expected, I thought it was a funny enough story to tell...
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had a problem he needed the web to answer, recently. But if you're assuming he turned to Facebook for help, you would be wrong. When confronted with what appeared to
be a very hairy, scary spider in his shower, the billionaire social
network mogul instead turned to a new venture - Jelly - a site designed to get quick answers to visual questions using just your smartphone camera. Zuckerberg took a picture of the problem arachnid, and sent the message out on the site. "What kind of spider is this," he asked. "And is it okay to let it keep living in my shower?" The response - from the COO of the startup, Kevin Thau - came nine minutes later. "I think it's a Phidippus johnsoni," he replied. "Probably want to relocate it…"
The spider, it turns out, is not poisonous but does have quite a bite - and it can jump. Still, it was enough for the site's founder (and Twitter founder) Biz Stone to get pretty excited (on Twitter) anyway: "First life saved on Jelly!" he said.
I've never heard of 'jelly', but maybe Mr Zuckerberg should have read my Hairy, Scary Spider? before getting in a panic.
If I had the tech type mind and the know-how I'd send a message to him!
